Hog-ringer.



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HOG RINGER.

APPLICATION FILED Aue.20, I9I4.

Patented A101220, 1915.

2 SHEETS-SHEET 1.

IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII"- W. L. MCGOWAN.

HOG RINGER.

APPLICATION FILED AuG.20. 1914.

Patented Apr.. 20, 1915.

2 SHEETS-TSHEET 2.

WHLLAM L. MUG'OWAN, 0F SPICKARD, MISSOURI Hoe-nmonn.

manita.

tpecitcation ot Lettera rntent.

Patented Adpr. 219, 1915.

Application tiled August 20, 1914i. rial No. 657,636.

To all 'whom t may concern .r

Be it known that l, Wimmer L. Mo- GowAN, a citizen of the United States,residin at Spickard, in the county of Grundy and tate of Missouri, haveinvented a new and useful Hog-Ringer; and l do hereby declare thefollowing to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention,such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains tomake and use the same.,

This invention relates to an improved hog ringer.

As one of the objects of the invention it is the aim to provide animproved hog ringer having a magazine to contain a plurality of rings,whereby a number of hogs may be supplied with a ring one after another.

Another object ot the invention is to provide a device with meanswhereby the parts may be adjusted, so that as each ring is ted betweenthe jaws, it may be clenched, and constructed to ht a hog or shoatsnose, or even tit the nose of a small ig.

1n practical elds the details of construction may necessitatealterations, falling within the scope ora what is claimed.

Iihe invention comprises further features and combination otD parts, ashereinafter set forth, shown in the drawings and claimed.

1n the drawings z-Figure 1 is a plan view of the improved hog ringerconstructed in accordance with the invention, showing the jaws andhandle. members opened, with a ring between the jaws ready to be pressedtogether. Fig. 2 is a plan view of the hog ringer showing the oppositeside ot the same to that shown in-Fig. 1, the ring having been pressedtogether. yhig. 3 is a longitudinal sectional view on line 3-3 oflig. 1. Fig. 4 is a view in rear elevation ot the hog ringer, moreclearly showing the magazine. Fig. 5 is a side elevation of the improvedhog ringer. lFigs. 6 and 7 are detail views. Fig. 8 is a transversesectional view through the ring magazine. Fig. 9 is an enlarged detailsectional view showing the hinged connections of the wings 9 of the ringguide 7.

Referring more especially to the drawings, 1 designates a casing, 1nwhich a slide 2 is mounted. The edge walls of the casing 1 are providedwith slots 3. @n one tace ot the casin is a magazine 4, of a shape toreceive a p urality of hog rings 6, that is, before they are pressedtogether. Arranged 1n the magazine is a ring guide 7 comprisinga'central bar 8, to which the wings 9 are hlnged at 10. These wings 9act to guide the rings, as they pass from the magazine in to the slidechamber, in advance of the shde member 2. A plate 11 is arranged toengage the surfaces 12 of the wings, and the shank 13 (which isthreaded) passes through an Aopening of the bar 8 and through theforward wall of the magazine, there being a spring 14C on the shank,which acts to move the gulde in one position, while the thumb nut orbutton 15 Iisnsed for moving the guide to another position. 'llhemagazine is provided with a cover 17 to the under tace of which, thearched plate 18 is secured, as shown. Passing through the cover andthrough the plate 18 is a rod rectangular in cross section, which is provided with a bearing in the lower portion of the magazine. riherectangular portion 21 of this rod 20 is at its upper portion, betweenthe cover and the plate 18, while the remaining portion of the rod 20 iscylindrical, and slidable on the cylindrical portion is a follower 22,which is provided with recesses or openings 23 which receive the wings 9of the guide. This follower is disposed above the plurality of hog rings6, and by the action ot the spring 24 on the rod 20 between the follower22 and the plate 18, said hog rings are forced consecutively as they areused into the slide chamber in advance of the slide. ln other words, thespring 211 and the follower acts as an automatic feed for said rings.Upon the rectangular portion 21 of said rod 20 is a plate 26 having apair of compound curved dogs 27 pivoted to the ends of said plate 26.rllhese dogs pass through openings in the sides of the plate 18, andengage apertures 28 of the ends of the magazine adjacent its topportion, thereby locking the cover 17 in place, there .being springs 29connected to the plate 26 and the wall of the magazine, so as to holdsaid dogs in said apertures. When it is desired to remove the cover 17,for filling themagazine, the rod 20 is partially rotated byygrasping'nthe -hob 30. 'The slide 2 is :elongated and fiat in contourand is provided with a pair of elongated slots 31 and 32. The slot 31 isrovided with a narrow portion 33 and la reader portion 34. A coil springis located or positioned in the narrow portion 33 of the slot 31, andhas oneendconnected to a cross piece of the slide, as shown at 35, theother end of said spring is connected at 36 to said casing, said spring'acting to'automatically move the slide forwardly, in order to'discharge a hog ring from the slide chamber to and between the jaws 37.The end 38 of the elongated slide is provided with a threaded opening39, in which a hollow or tubular ex.

teriorly threaded screw 40 is threaded having a thumb flange 41.

- n Arranged in the hollow screw 40 is a bolt shank 42, there being aspring 43 interposed between the head of the bolt 42 and the end of thescrew 40, thereby acting to throw the bolt 42 toward the cross piece towhich the spring 4a is connected at 35. A nut 44 is threaded to the boltshank 42 beyond the thumb flange 41 of the screw 40, so as to draw thebolt shank through the screw 40 against the action ofI said spring 43.The

j operating members or levers 45 and 46, are

of the sha e or contour in plan view as shown in tiie drawings, and areduplicates in construction. Each operating member or lever is providedwith forks 47 and 48, between which the casing 1 is received. The forks47 of each member or lever are extended, as shown and terminate in thejaws 37, which are provided with overhanging portions 49 and the beveledparts 50. A bolt 51 passes through the forks 47, through the casing 1,through the broad portion 34 of the slot 31, and through the forks 48,and 'provided with a nut 52 for securing the parts together. In thismanner the levers or members are pivotally mounted upon the-casing 1; Bypressing the handle ends 53 of the levers or members toward one another,the jaws 37 are brought together, in order to close the oppositeportions of each hog ring, as it is discharged to and between the jaws.Pivoted at 54 to the head 55 of the bolt shank 42 are links 56. One endof each link is provided with a slot 57 having a central narrow portion58 and circular enlarged portions 59 and .60. The ends of the links 56having said slots 57 are arranged between the ears 61 of the handle endsof said levers or members. Passing through the ears 61, and through'theslots 57 of the links 56 are thumb screws 62 having riveted or ared ends63. The shank of each thumb screw 62 is provided with a contracted neckv64. A'coil spring 65 is interposed between the head of each thumb screw62 and one of the ears of the handle end of each lever or member,thereby acting to hold the larger portion (adjacent the riveted orflared end 63) -of the shank of each thumb screw, in-

one or the other of the circular enlarged o penlng or -portions of theslot 57 of each l1nk 56. This construction is for the purpose ofadjustably connecting the handle end ofeach lever or member 45 and 46 toeach hnk. In other words, for adjusting each handle end of each lever ormember 45 and 46 closer. or farther apart relative to the elongatedslotted slide,- so as to increase o r decrease the opening and closingof the handle ends as well -as said jaws. By adjustm the thumb ynut 44so as to move the bolt vank 42 to different positions than that shown,and by adjustin the screw'40, the throw or movement of t e handle endsof said levers or members 45` and 46 may be changed, so as to increaseand decrease the opening or separating, and closing of said jaws, soasto shape or close different sizes of hog rings. By pressing the thumbscrews 62 against the action of their sprin 65, the contracted necks ofthe Shanks of t e thumb screws may be arranged so as to be received inthe narrow portions 58 of said slots 57, that is, when arrangin the larer cylindrical portions of the s anks o the thumb screw 62 in-either ofsaid largerportions 59 and 60 of said slots 57. By adjusting said ringsrelative to the handle ends of said levers 45 and 46, said levers may beadjusted in their relative movements, in closing different sizes of hogrin s. A guide 67 for the jaw portions of said avers is provided, beingsecured at 68 to the casing 1. Members 69 are mounted in the slots 3 ofthe casing, to coperate with the slide when discharging different sizesof hog rings.

From the fore oing it will be noted there has been devised an improvednovel construction of hog ringer, and one in which plurality of ringsmay be fed consecutivel to and between the jaws so as to be clenche andone in which the parts are adjustable, whereby hog rings of differentdimensions may be clenched. This form of hog ringer has been foundpractical, efficient, and desirable upon farms and the like for thepurpose intended.

The invention having been set forth, what l is In a hog ringer as setforth, a casing having a ring chamber, a slide plunger operable therein,a magazine for a plurality of hog rings, a pair of lever members nivotedto the casing and having jaws beyond the ring discharge end of thecasing, whereby a ring may be clenched as the lever members are manuallyforced together, and means in the magazine for feeding a ring into thering chamber as the slide plunger is receded or retracted when the levermembers are operated toward one another, yieldable connections betweensaid lever members and the slide member for retracting the same as theis claimed as new and usefu 1,186,19 will lever members are operatedtoward each lln testimony whereof ll have signed my other, and means forautomatically separatname to this specification in the presence of ingsaid lever members and their jaws, said two subscribing witnesses.

last named means acting automatically to WELL L. MCGOWAN.' force theslide member through the ring Witnesses: chamber to feed a hog ring toand between GRANT MCGOWAN,

said jaws. J. S. Willcox.

